Fyodor Zozulya

Fyodor Vladimirovich Zozulya
Zozulya in the early 1960s
Born9 November [O.S. 27 October] 1907
Stavropol, Russian Empire
Died21 April 1964(1964-04-21) (aged 56)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Buried
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service/branchSoviet Navy
Years of service1925–1964
RankAdmiral
Commands
Battles/warsWorld War II
Awards

Fyodor Vladimirovich Zozulya (‹See Tfd›Russian: Фёдор Владимирович Зозуля; 9 November [O.S. 27 October] 1907 – 21 April 1964) was an admiral of the Soviet Navy.

Zozulya spent most of his career as a staff officer, serving as deputy chief of the Baltic Fleet after Operation Barbarossa began, and as chief of staff of the White Sea Flotilla between 1941 and 1943. He commanded the Caspian Flotilla between 1944 and 1945, and the 8th Fleet during the late 1940s. After a stint as commander of the Krylov Naval Academy of Shipbuilding and Armaments in the early 1950s, Zozulya served on the Main Naval Staff, which he was chief of from 1958 until his death.